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Search for Virginia documents in:American State Papers and US Serial Set in the Historical Documents section.There are thousands of Virginia documents in the Historical Books section that are unique to GenealogyBank. For example – here is a petition to Congress signed by the local Virginia residents south of the James River that were seeking improved conditions on the Turnpike to Richmond. Here is an example of an early Virginia funeral sermon – for Mrs. Ann Boyd who died 1819.